WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD? CROATIA, Balkans and Crimea – Appendix E

i – Further excavations of Emperor Diocletian‘s Palace, Split

ii – Salona in Croatia to be world archeological sensation after new discoveries. “These discoveries … will soon become a great archeological sensation, similar to the world-renowned archeological sites of Aquileia and Pompeii and will significantly contribute to the economic development of the city of Solin”

iii – Villa Armira was built by a Thracian noble – Bulgaria

iv – Explore the Valley of Thracian Kings – Bulgaria’s Thracian Heritage

v – Soldiers stumbled upon a 2,400-year-old tomb on the battlefields of WWII. Digging trenches in 1944, Bulgarian troops accidentally uncovered the royal ‘Tomb of Kazanlak,’ the first of many discoveries in the fourth-century B.C. “Valley of the Thracian Kings.”

vi – Roman era brought to life at Romanian festival

vii – Tomb in Crimea a Triumph of Ancient Greek Architecture The entrance to the Royal Kurgan Tomb in the Crimea, at the site of the Ancient Greek colony Panticapaion, which was founded by the Asia Minor city of Miletus

vii – New mosaics with various figures were unearthed during the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis, Black Sea

viii – Archaeologists Find Grave of Aphrodite Priestess in Ancient Black Sea City. Strange sword found in burial of warrior in Phanagoria, southern Russia, shows ties with Sassanid Empire in Iran, archaeologists say